Six people were killed in a huge blast ripped through a sugar refinery in the US state of Georgia, injuring dozens, authorities said Friday. More than 100 people were inside a building in which the sugar is packed into bags at the Imperial Sugar Co near Savannah when the blast took place at around 7:30 pm Thursday, Savannah Fire Department Captain Matthew Stanley said.
The cause of blast remained unknown, but refinery managers said it could have been caused by sugar powder, Stanley said. "We now confirmed six dead. ... We're still looking for other survivors because there are other people unaccounted for that might be in that building," Georgia fire official John Oxendine told CNN television. "Also we're very concerned about the people at the Augusta burn unit and what may be their condition," he added.